Alex Heberling

Here we are on the 20th day of the lettuce!  They’re starting to look more lettucey by the day, and soon they’ll be big enough to transplant into pots.  I’m a little concerned that they’re rather leggy; long and spindly from reaching toward the light. It’s like the most adorable class portrait ever! Back row: [...]

My lettuce seedlings are 13 days old and about an inch tall now!  I’ve noticed that they’re starting to suck up more water now, so I hope that means they’re healthy and stuff. The clovers are also sprouting along. The second clover sprout is actually in a tiny jelly jar.  Which will be interesting if [...]

The baby lettuces are here!  These pictures were taken last night, 8 days after planting.  So far, 4 Caesar, 1 Salad Bowl, 3 Simpson, and 4 Little Gem have sprouted, so that’s only 4 bad cells in this planting.  I’m disappointed that more Salad Bowl hasn’t sprouted, so I hope to get a better yield [...]

I planted my lettuce last night!  Since the seedlings will take 7-10 days to emerge, I wanted to time it so it would more or less fit around the Martini Party next weekend. I actually picked up a 4th type of lettuce from another Target I visited this week: Little Gem lettuce.  Isn’t the name [...]

I have a dream… of lettuce. This all started the other night when I came across an article on dumpster diving.  I first read a particular article on the subject two or three years ago, in which an adult couple decided to go dumpster diving to supplement their store-bought groceries, and they got their spending [...]